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Bluff Springs, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Jack census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36034. It stands on Stinking Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bluff Springs quadrangle.

Bluff Springs within Coffee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

60 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Bluff Springs between 1994 and 2020, burning about 887 acres in total. None started naturally. 21 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Arson/incendiarism21
Debris and open burning18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
17 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190917-1
17 September 2010Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2020Debris and open burning2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200805-2
30 August 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined87 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 June 1996Debris and open burning2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 June 2008Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission3066 CO RD 305, AL
22 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coffee County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Bluff Springs: 8 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Coffee County

Storms near this place

9 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bluff Springs in 9 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2016Thunderstorm WindBluff Springs$3,000Trees and power lines were blown down in the northwest part of Coffee county.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindBluff Springs$3,000Several trees were blown down between County Road 305 and County Road 315. Monetary damage was estimated.
January 2023Thunderstorm WindBluff Springs$2,000Power lines were blown down along County Road 315.
January 2023Thunderstorm WindBluff Springs$2,000Power lines were blown down along County Road 325.
March 2011Thunderstorm WindBluff Springs$1,500A few trees were blown down in northwest Coffee county. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindBluff Springs-A tree was blown down along Highway 35.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindBluff Springs-Trees were blown down on County Road 308 west of Double Bridges.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindBluff Springs-A tree was blown down along County Road 315.
December 2015Flash FloodBluff Springs-Flash flooding occurred across portions of northeast Coffee county with several roads flooded and closed.

Every storm recorded in Coffee County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Zoar3.4 miles8
Jack3.6 miles8
Newby3.6 miles7
Shady Grove3.6 miles8
Wilkinstown4.5 miles11
Lowry Mill5.0 miles11
Lee5.7 miles8
Arcus6.3 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156085. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.